Comparison of the analgesic effect of EMLA® cream and EMLA® patch on normal skin evaluated with laser-induced pain stimuli

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 214-216

  Egekvist, Henrik ^a   Bjerring, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

argon laser; duration; onset; pain threshold

Indexed keywords

EMLA; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRILOCAINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030959577     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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